Chapter 429 Lao Xiao complains
The second half of the article is full of nonsense, accusing the Minister of the Ministry of Rites of bullying people and not treating his colleagues in the Ministry of Works as serious beasts of burden.
With an unreliable emperor leading the way, the ministers below became more and more crooked.
It was not uncommon for someone to roll up his sleeves and start a fight during a court meeting, not to mention this kind of street swearing, which had become commonplace.
The Empress, well, she was used to it. She calmly put the memorial aside and gave a few casual instructions.
"The envoys from various countries should be arriving in the capital soon. Send someone to summon the Minister of Rites. I have something to discuss with him."
"yes."
Hongxiu went out to convey the order, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites came over very quickly.
"Your Majesty, the Queen!"
"Master Xiao, please don't be polite. Please take a seat."
"Thank you, Queen."
Isn't it said that everyone likes to deal with a wise and intelligent queen? As long as the ministers do their job well and don't make mistakes, they usually feel confident in front of the wise monarch.
Unlike the emperor, who had an eccentric temper and could point at his ministers' noses and curse them whether he was happy or not.
Alas, let’s not mention the emperor, it’s unlucky.
Lord Xiao, who had just enjoyed the baptism of saliva from the foolish emperor, now urgently needed the words of affirmation from the wise queen to ease his little heart that had just been innocently hurt.
Sure enough, the Queen never lets her loyal ministers down. As soon as she opens her mouth, she pours a bowl of soul-warming chicken soup into their mouths.
"Lord Xiao has been very busy recently. The Honglu Temple has been busy running around to entertain guests from various countries. The Emperor and I have seen it all.
Now that the guests are arriving soon, I hope you, Xiao Aiqing, will continue to work hard and not bring shame to our great Yu. After the guests leave, the Emperor and I will definitely reward you according to your merits."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. This is all within our responsibility. Nothing will go wrong. Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"
It doesn’t matter at all whether the emperor saw it or not. As long as the empress saw the efforts of the Honglu Temple, that’s enough!
Now all the civil and military officials in the court have experienced the taste of life, and they know exactly what is going on in the court of Dayu.
If we want to count on the emperor, we must all finish the game together in advance! From ancient times to the present, we have only heard of bandits wanting to be emperors, but we have never heard of emperors wanting to be bandits!
Hey, now you’ve learned a lot, right?
Who could stand facing that weirdo who was leaning more and more comfortably on the dragon throne and cursing more and more fluently at court meetings? If he wasn't wearing a dragon robe, outsiders would probably never suspect that he was not a bandit but the king of Dayu!
It was a heinous crime that brought the world to its knees. If the late emperor knew that his kingdom was passed down in this way, he would probably be so angry that he would come back to life.
Fortunately, there is always a way out. God finally left a way to survive for these civil and military officials who were tortured by the evil emperor every day.
Didn’t expect that?
Hahaha, we have two Lords of Dayu!
Although the emperor does not seem like a wise ruler, our queen is definitely a true wise ruler!
This understanding is now shared by more and more people in the court.
After all, the emperor was both pretentious and irritable. It might have been his fault, but not only did he not reflect on it, he even grabbed his throat and started to curse at the Censorate.
Even when he got excited, he would roll up his sleeves and fight without any respect for martial ethics. He would often forget his status as emperor and call himself a military general, then openly fight with civil officials.
You know, which important official wouldn't be upset when faced with such a biased and partial emperor?
"Your Majesty, when I was ordered here just now, I happened to run into the Minister of Personnel at the palace gate. Lord Zhao was waiting for me outside Qianyuan Hall, furious, for some unknown reason.
Oh, by the way, Lord Zhao also asked me to convey a few words to him. He said that he seemed to be suffering from an old illness recently and wanted to take some time off to return home to recuperate.
As for those officials who were sent out to report back to Beijing, and how to arrange for their vacancies, he was temporarily unable to take care of it, so he just left it to the emperor to decide.
Please forgive me, Empress Dowager. This old man, with dim eyesight and muddled brain, whose eyeballs can only be used as breathing, will go home and rest as ordered."
Since we're already here, why not file a complaint? Lord Xiao secretly helped Minister Zhao pass on the message and saw the Empress's face instantly darken.
He lowered his eyelids calmly, a satisfied smile flashing across his face.
Very good. Let's see if the emperor who picks on these weaklings every day will be punished when he comes back.
She sighed silently in her heart. The couple had slept in the same bed for several years. How could the queen not know what kind of curses her little roe deer could say?
She also knew that the ministers nowadays had learned their lesson. There would no longer be any tough-minded people who would confront the emperor. Instead, they would turn around and file a complaint in front of her, the queen. Alas.
"Master Xiao, do you know why the Emperor disagrees with the newly appointed Minister of Personnel?"
"Well, I've heard Lord Zhao give a general idea. It seems that an official who came to the capital to report on his work caught the emperor's eye, and the emperor wants to keep him and appoint him to an official position in the capital.
Of course, this wasn't a big deal. But the Minister of Personnel had his men investigate and discovered that the minor seventh-rank official was actually connected to the river silver case that had been handled during the reign of the late emperor.
Lord Zhao felt that since the late emperor had demoted him, it would be difficult to bring him back for a more important position. He discussed with the emperor whether to send Yu Zuoan out again or give him a small official position.
But the Emperor disagreed, pointing at Lord Zhao and scolding the entire Ministry of Personnel."
Anyway, this is what happened, this is the situation. Look at the Queen's face which is getting darker and darker with anger, while Lord Xiao is expressionless with happiness, hiding his achievements and fame.
Oh my, the emperor's beating rules are finally set. This is a small spit for myself. The rat who was scolded today was innocent.
The queen tried her best to suppress her anger, replaced it with a smile that showed she understood the bigger picture, and her voice was very kind and gentle.
"Okay, I understand. I'll send the imperial physician to Minister Zhao's residence to take a look.
He had just taken on the important position in the Ministry of Personnel and was certainly very busy. After all, he was not young anymore, so it was inevitable that he had some old illness.
Alas, it was the Emperor and I who were negligent in failing to notice Master Zhao's discomfort."
He looked at Xiao Jiye again and continued to sigh.
"And you, Master Xiao, too. You may be busy, but your health is also important. You should still pay more attention to rest and recuperation!"
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